IGN's look at Xbox 2

**MerimacHamwich** · 01-06-2004

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/449/449146p1.html

**J Dub** · 01-06-2004

Good article, but it's basically just IGN's hopes for what will be included. Nothing new here, just opinion.

**Angell** · 01-06-2004

I think the Xbox 2 will have some more ground-breaking technology than what IGN is dreaming of (just my thoughts of course). And IGN simply saying No to backwards compadability, I think thats a bit premature, why not include it? It makes sense.

**jelgiad** · 01-06-2004

truthfully, some of the stuff that they want, i could care less about. Im buying a console gaming system, not a multimedia center. I already have a dvd player. I already have a computer to watch multimedia files. as far as wireless, tahts cool, but they still better include a wired network as well. the headphone jack thing is pointless. and xbox 2 better be backwards compatible

**J4320** · 01-06-2004

Originally posted by jelgiad
and xbox 2 better be backwards compatible

Amen to that!!!

**blackiee2002** · 01-06-2004

[and xbox 2 better be backwards compatible ]

oh trust me it will

**Peepers** · 01-06-2004

I don't get this:

Backwards Compatibility

This one is pretty obvious. Like the PlayStation 2 plays PS One games, we want the Xbox 2 to play Xbox games. Simple as that. Not only does this dramatically increase the game library right when the console is released, but it gives gamers a cheap way to buy and play games from an older generation. Look at how successful the PS2 is. We can't think of any gamer out there that wouldn't love to have this feature. Plus, we could still keep our Xbox games out while retiring one console, cutting down on the console mess many of us have in front of our television.

Will it happen? No.

Page 2.

This looks like an error, or maybe a lame IGN attempt at humor. WTF?

PS:
I would like a headphone jack.

**ShadowWolf** · 01-06-2004

A headphone jack, they could make something like the Xbox Live communicator and have the sound come through the controller, cause I don't sit near my Xbox.

If it doesn't have backwards compadability (WHich it most likely will), I won't buy it.

**J4320** · 01-06-2004

It would be EXTREMELY SMART for them to feature backwards compatability and they know that. So it is either sarcasm or an error.

**mattgame** · 01-06-2004

Originally posted by j4320

Amen to that!!!

Amen and Hallejuh! That would be a waste. I might as well stop buying xbox games now and save up for the second coming.

**J4320** · 01-06-2004

So whens it coming out again? 2006?

**jimmer71** · 01-06-2004

Xbox 2 is still a couple years away. So for now I will worry about my Xbox collection libary. By the time Xbox 2 comes out I will probably have bought 1-2 more Xboxes the way my luck is going with them. I am on my 3rd, at least this time I got a samsung DVD drive.

**OC Noob** · 01-06-2004

They are going with a different platform (the IBM Power PC like chip) and that means the coding and all sorts of other stuff will be different.

Either they can do some sort of emulation, which I'm doubting would be possible, or they have to have a bunch of old hardware added to run the old games. PS2 has all sorts of extra junk in it to play PS1 games and that is also a reason for the high failure rate of PS2s.

I think I'd rather buy a $30 Xbox if mine breaks then have all the extra junk and cost in Xbox 2. Backwards compatability in my PS2 is nice, but I still have a PS1 and if I did I can get one for $30. Backward compatability isn't a big deal.

With the platform change backwards compatiblility has a slim to none chance of happening and thats why IGN said NO.

ps shrinking down PS1 stuff is A LOT easier then shrinking down an intel chip, motherboard, Hard drive and video card. Not to mention it would likely cost more then the Xbox 2 stuff alone.

Oh yeah, that article sucked, it had nothing to do with the real hardware, just a bunch of add on crap that would be useless for most user and jack up prices. They should have added the Eye Toy to their lame list while they were at it. The IGN jerks should just by a PC if they want all that crap

**DocHoliday78** · 01-06-2004

That would be so badass if it was backward compatable. I hope it was some lame humour by ign to just put no.

**MerimacHamwich** · 01-06-2004

Did you all miss the part at the end where they said they were going to make another article tomorow saying what they KNOW will be in the system?

**Peepers** · 01-06-2004

Originally posted by OC Noob
They are going with a different platform (the IBM Power PC like chip) and that means the coding and all sorts of other stuff will be different.

I don't understand why changing the CPU or graphics card etc. would matter. Let me caution you: I'm merely a computer dilettante, so there's a high probability I'll be wrong about this. IIRC, the Xbox uses DirectX for most of its game developing. Assuming the Xbox 2 also uses DirectX and has a properly programmed OS, wouldn't backward compatability be a snap? I mean regardless of hardware, I would think that it would be automatic. Am I right? Can someone confirm this?

Originally posted by MerimacHamwich
Did you all miss the part at the end where they said they were going to make another article tomorow saying what they KNOW will be in the system?

No, we're patiently waiting for any and all updates and follow-ups.

**MerimacHamwich** · 01-06-2004

Actually, I believe OC was referring to the new discs that are said to be considered for the next XBox and the hardware needed for them. THey won't be regular DVD's but more like Nintendos 8 inchers. They hold more info and help with copyright protection. Smaller DVD tray/slot = no ability to load DVDs.

**Peepers** · 01-06-2004

Originally posted by MerimacHamwich
Actually, I believe OC was referring to the new discs that are said to be considered for the next XBox and the hardware needed for them. THey won't be regular DVD's but more like Nintendos 8 inchers. They hold more info and help with copyright protection. Smaller DVD tray/slot = no ability to load DVDs.

No way! You've got to be kidding me. Was that in this article? I don't remember reading that anywhere.

Even if they do go to a small disc (a mistake in my mind) I doubt they'll make the tray smalller. They need to maintain the Xbox 2's full functionality, that means DVD player among other things. So this strikes me as unlikely, espescially Microsofts "livingroom" ambitions. Microsoft, more than any other of the big three, wants its console to be more than just a console.